Books: What Sosso Said to Budu

When Budu Svanidze told his mother he wanted to be like his Uncle Sosso
when he grew up, she slapped his little face. Uncle Sosso lived in the
Caucasian Mountains and spent most of his time robbing and killing
Russian soldiers and policemen. Since his home town of Didi-Lilo was a
two-by-four hotbed of Georgian nationalism, this made Uncle Sosso
rather popular with most townsfolk. But when Budu's mother remembered
how Sosso had been sent to an Orthodox seminary to be trained for the
church,...